Assessment, recording and reporting of drama(The student's rôle | The teacher's rôle )

The assessment of drama falls into two main categories:

* student self-assessment
* teacher assessment

The student's rôle

* Drama diary: a weekly journal in which students record their Drama lessons and personal progress. This should also contain a skills checklist , theatrical definitions and rules of the performance or teaching area.
* Oral evaluation after a performance: students brainstorm ideas about their performances and appropriate vocabulary for an evaluation.
* Writing frames: these can provide guidance for students' first self-analysis(particularly useful for students with learning difficulties or special educational needs).
* Video self-assessment: students should be given the opportunity to video at least one of their performances during each academic year of KS3. Students would then produce a written evaluation after a group feedback session in which the teacher would provide a skills' checklist as guideline.
The teacher's rôle

* Make verbal comment at the end of each performance or activity (formal or informal).
* Give praise, encouragement and constructive criticism.
* Audience skills: encourage each member of the group to be constructive about others' work - reward performers with your applause but offer them ideas for improvement too. For example, ask them
o what was enjoyable about this?
o what could make it even better?
* Drama diaries: check these regularly and give effort grades using a scale the students understand.
* Performance evaluation: give students a performance grade for practical work based on an attainment scale used in your school.
* Termly assessment for each module of work: use effort and attainment data for individual pieces of performance and written evaluations plus some comments (where appropriate) about Technical skills. Produce overall grades for that module or unit of work.
* Checklist: provide students with guidelines and vocabulary necessary to evaluate their own performances (and other students) in a helpful and constructive way.

This course is designed to provide teachers with schemes of work which allow flexibility for individuals whilst ensuring that all Year 7 students follow a common curriculum and have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills.
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